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mendicant

音標['mendik?nt] 讀音

漢語翻譯


a. 行乞的, 托缽修道會的, 化緣的
n. 乞丐, 乞討, 托缽僧

詞型變化:

名詞:mendicancy 

英文解釋:

名詞 mendicant:

  1. a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
    同義詞:friar
  2. a pauper who lives by begging
    同義詞:beggar

形容詞 mendicant:

  1. practicing beggary

詳細解釋:


men.di.cant

adj.(形容詞)
Depending on alms for a living; practicing begging.
以行乞為生的:靠救濟來生活的;行乞的
n.(名詞)
A beggar.
乞丐
A member of an order of friars forbidden to own property in common, who work or beg for their living.
托缽僧:一種不允許擁有私人財產的僧人,以工作或化緣維持生活

來源:
Middle English
中古英文
from Old French
源自 古法文
from Latin mendoc3ns mendocant- [present participle of] mendoc3re [to beg]
源自 拉丁語 mendoc3ns mendocant- [] mendoc3re的現在分詞 [乞討]
from mendocus [needy, beggar]
源自 mendocus [非常貧困的,乞討者]
from mendum [physical defect]
源自 mendum [生理缺陷]

【引伸】
men.dicancy 或
mendic.ity
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